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With the sewer hose ending in a fitting for going to the sewer drain, I'd like to have an adaptor stored away so that I can hook up to a honey wagon when needed. Can someone recommend an adaptor that looks like the sewer drain and has a twist connector on the other end?

Thanks
Mick

We are boon-docking and I would like to make sure the water coming out of the little spigot we installed by the sink and the refrigerator are safe to consume.  I have one larger blue/clear water filter that looks like it is plumbed to filter the whole coach and also there is a 'water filter' valve on the water manifold in the wet bay.  I also have two EverPure water filters in the wet bay and have changed both the filters.  Can someone tell me from experience if I am going to or get Montezuma's revenge if I drink this water from the tank?  We have refilled the tank several times with city water directly into the tank (not through the filters). 
Please do not reply with 'I never drink from the tanks'...

I need to have something welded on the frame - what do I need to have disconnected in order to not fry any computers/devices please?

I have a small drive line vibration that I have been trying to troubleshoot.  I know vibrations are usually u-joints and I have been under the coach many times checking them and greasing them but they always seem ok. Then today while working on other projects I noticed the driveshaft looked "odd". On closer inspection I think the shaft is out of phase. I believe the yokes are supposed to mirror each other, but in the attached picture, and I am hoping someone cam confirm, the yokes are not on the same plane. I added a line to the photo that connects the lower bolts on the u-joints to try and convince myself they are actually out of phase. So here are my questions:

1) Does anyone else think the driveshaft is out of phase?
2) If out of phase can it be unbolted from the transmission (left side) slide off the splines, rotated and slide back on to correct phase?

Hello everyone, I'm switching over from the yachting world to the main land, have had some experience in the past with class A units but they have not lived up to the systems quality of day a Hatteras or Viking sportfishers. So I'm here to learn as much as possible about the quality,ease to maintain, the systems, and how well the Newell drive. As you can probably tell I'm less into the wiz bang flash and more into how their constructed. I look forward to reading all of the posting.

I have 4 Prevost-style caps for the Drive and Tag wheels for sale.  I have no idea what they are worth but have the brackets (once they get removed) and they are in good shape.

Not sure where the best place is for this LONG post but will let the moderators decide...
Our 1998 Newell had engine problems and rather than risk blowing an engine decided we would get a tow.  We called Coach-Net and told them the problem. After several hours talking with different people and tow truck companies Coach-Net suggested that they had many coaches towed successfully on a 'dolly' style truck - one that has a large extending arm on the rear that rests the coach on a cradle.  They informed us that there would be no lowboy that could tow us even though we were willing to pay the difference in cost (the driver reiterated that the other problem would be height since the lowboy would add about 3 ft to the total height and make overpasses very difficult).  Against our better judgement we agreed to let a large, well known company come and get our coach and tow it 60 miles back to a repair shop in Nacogdoches, TX. 
I assisted the driver and even helped him with the dolly to be sure it was secure (It was as far as I could tell).  He placed the airhose down the side of the coach through tie wraps in the door handles (my idea and it worked great!).  Newell had suggested using the little 1/2" space at the bottom of the door to put the hose into, we tried but could not make the hose stay in and get the doors down at the same time (in retrospect, maybe we were supposed to leave the door DOWN and push the hose in the crack between the door and the coach...) 
We headed out towards Nacogdoches at about 7pm - it was getting dark and had been raining on us for a while. 
About 30 minutes into the trip the tow truck made a very wide turn (a good thing) onto a freeway on-ramp.  The driver called on the radio to me that he was going to stop and adjust the straps - my wife says she noticed the strap on the driver side had popped and come loose but I did not see it.  
I pulled my Jeep (thank GOD) around to give the driver some more light and we sat in the Jeep waiting for him and trying to keep cars stopped on the ramp.  There were probably 10 to 15 cars and truck at the bottom of the ramp at this time behind us.  The driver proceeded to let down the lift holding the coach and for some reason he dropped it all the way to the ground.  As soon as the coach wheels touched the ground the coach rolled rearward and jumped over the back of the dolly.  
I jumped out of the Jeep and ran to catch the coach.  The driver had run (as you see in the video down the driver side of the coach and around thinking he would let the door come to him as the coach came down the hill).  I ran and caught the door first.  The next thing to come into my mind was 'did I LOCK the coach'???  I jumped up onto the steps which thankfully had not pulled all the way in and were sticking out some so I was able to get a decent footing on them.  I pulled myself into the coach and started heading for the front to hit the brakes.  I had no way of telling which way the coach was heading but I KNOW there were a lot of people down in their cars at the foot of the ramp and they were NOT moving!  The coach was now careening pretty much out of control.  Just as I reached the front the coach hit something and made a loud noise and shifted hard to the right and I fell over, knocking a small table over in the process. I managed to finally get to the wheel and hit the brakes!  The coach came not to a screeching halt but rather to a quiet halt.  I faintly remember some tire squeal but not much.  
Once I caught my breath and the adrenaline stopped screaming I went outside to see the damage. 
The coach was up on the embankment on the side of the freeway in a lot of grass and mud.  
Miraculously no one was any where around the coach.
The coach had crossed completely across a two lane entrance ramp and ran up into the grass and mud on the side of the freeway embankment.  
ALL of the possible outcomes were running through my mind - we could have hit all those cars at the bottom of the entrance ramp, we could have hit a road sign or a culvert.  
The tow truck driver came and checked on me and I think he was more upset than I was.  I kept saying 'no one was hurt and the bus is just a thing' it was not a big deal to me as long as everyone was safe and sound.  He kept saying "I'm going to lose my job".  I guess I should have been really angry but I wasn't.  I just wanted to get the coach to Nacogdoches and end an already highly stressful day. 
So once everyone calmed down for a while we took our time getting the coach unstuck.  The tow truck driver hooked a chain to the coach and I was in the cab steering.  He asked to let go the brakes and I guess I was still in shock because I just let my foot off the brake (which I had probably been holding the whole time!) and waited as the chain strained, the back wheels creaked a little and the chain snapped like a piece of spaghetti.  At least I know my service brakes work well.  
Once the driver got another chain on the coach he pulled the coach out (I released the service brake this time!) and I steered the coach to the side of the entrance ramp and up and over the hill to a downward sloping section off the main road.  
We re-hooked the coach up to the dolly and strapped it down good and proceeded on our way by about 10:30pm.
We arrived at the Foretravel parking lot about 11:30 or maybe midnight and backed in and hooked the coach up. 
I surveyed the damage all around the coach but will let Foretravel or Motorhomes of TX do a full PMI inspection (if they still do that) to make sure there is no further damage to the coach. 
The only damage I see is a 6-inch crack in the fiberglass near the front outer headlight on the driver side and there was a plate from the bottom of the generator that was on the side of the road at the scene (I forgot to grab it in the fray).  
The airbags are kind of wonky and maybe the leveling valves will need to be checked.  
Honestly the biggest thing worrying my wife before we started was 1) bending the coach in half 2) all the stuff inside shifting and breaking (like plates and vases with plants).  Neither of these happened at all!  Very little moved inside the coach and the tow truck driver did a good job keeping the coach balanced so the the back end never scraped the receiver hitch except once going around another turn later in the trip.  
All this made for an extremely long day (5am to past 12 midnight) and we were both exhausted but extremely thankful to be able to spend the night in our home - our beautiful Newell was home at Foretravel (which has always seemed like home to us anyway) and now was ready to go to the body shop for estimates and the engine repair shop to get the cooling system sorted out. 
The moral of this saga is: 
WAIT FOR A LAND DOLLY OR LOW BOY THAT CAN HANDLE A BUS!!!  
I will never rush that decision again - I don't care if it takes a week to get the correct truck to us - I WILL WAIT and will gladly pay whatever difference the insurance does not take care of. 
The other more important moral is to have plenty of Angels guarding over your vehicles at ALL times! 

I am still debating about legal actions but not sure what I would sue for other than damages to the coach.  They did RUIN a perfectly good vacation and disabled our coach to the point that we cannot use it for work.  I use the coach in Atlanta to work out of when I am there as my office or my home away from home instead of renting an apartment so it DOES cost me money not to have use of it since it is much cheaper for an RV Park for the months I am there. 

Here is a quick glimpse into what happened YouTube style... this was the scariest moment of my life and then it got worse...
Just remember there is NO one in the coach and the coach is in Neutral with the axle pulled for towing.  Posted on YouTube  https://youtu.be/8THoWSHzBAs

Hadn't seen this one, before...great looking classic with trailer. Wonderful description

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=...3436693856

I believe I mentioned in another thread that while trying to find all my air tanks I discovered that the left rear drive axle bearing seal wasn't and I had oil all over the inside face of the inner tire as well as the two concealed faces.  The brake pads are soaked and there is a line of oil on the wheel well.  I just finished disassembling everything and this is what I found, the spindle looks like it has been hot at some time (I'm not assuming it was this time since the bearings don't look that bad)       and the axle doesn't look like it has been hot.       The bearings feel and sound good but have some discoloration on the inside face like they have been spinning on the spindle         The races feel good but the photos seem to show some wear.           I'm going to replace the seal of course (and the soaked brake pads) I just wonder if what you see here justifies replacing the bearings?  My inclination is to replace them while I have everything apart, assuming I can find the parts.

OK so on our '86 I have an air leak in the right rear compartment. Appears to be a small control with an adjustment knob on top. I am assuming this is the tag air regulator. Is this  correct?. Has anyone replaced this? Parts available? Can I swap it for an aftermarket valve?  It appears to have a seal to prevent adjustment?  It's in a crappy place to get it out so I want to have something to replace it with before I take the lines off.  Thanks for now, Mark